St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-22

assessment upon the lands and property sub
jscted to assessment for benefits in Sub-dIalnage
District No.. of ........ county drainage
| district.
Dated. .-.--.......
Signed
| Commissioners"
Such order shall be recorded in the drainage
record.
SEC. SO. The clerk of the board Of drainage
commissioners shall thereupon make and attach
To said order assessment roll OF the sub
drainage district to which the order relates:
such assessment roll shall contain n description
of each tract or land subjected 20 assessment in
such sub-drainage district, the name OF the
owner if known, its acreage, the percentage OF
b,netit IL receives as the slrne has ice liked and
determined in accordance with the provisions OF
TINS acu. and the amount or assessment AGAINST
each trac- If land. as per such percentage. II
any rail- Cad or other property within such sub
drainage district IS ben lifted, such assessment
roll shall contain the amount that such railroad
or other property is to be assessrd according TO
the scale OF percentage fixed upon the same as
hereinbefore provided. Such assessment roll
when completed shall be attested by such clerk
and, filed i'll the Office Of the county auditor OK
! the county ii which such drainage district Is
situated on or before the first Monday IN Novem-
Der of each year.
SEC. 80. Upon such assessment roll being
filed in his office The county auditor Of such
county shall thereupon enter upon the tax du-
pllcate OF the current year against the respective
tracts of lands so assessed the amount of such
assessment shown by such assessment roll,
and shall enter tue assessment against any rail-
road or other property upon The appropriate tax
manner provided by this ac5. Such assessments
entered upon the tax duplicate shall be collected
and the payment the. eof enforced i'll the sama
manner and as part of the total tax assessment
levied against each tract of land for that year,
and ths assessment against any railroad COM
pany shall be collected from the owner OF such
railroad in the same manner as personal prop
erty taxes are collected from individuals. All
such assessments when collected shall be paid
over e. the treasurer of such drainage district
and Ey him credited 30 the sub-drainage districs
TO which the same may belong
SEC. 40. AS soon as tie board of drainage
commissioners have organized any sub-drainage
district and ordered work done therein, they
shall make careful estimate of the total ex-
pense thereof, including the preliminary costs
already incurred, the construction of the work
ordered, and the cost of the supervision thereof.
They shall then order the issuance and negotia-
ton of the bonds OF their drainage district in an
amount equal to the amount OF such estimate
and ten per cent OF such estimate in addition
thereto. In such order they shall fix the time
which such bonds shall run, which shall be not
less than twenty nor more than thirty years.
Such bonds shall bear interest payable annually,
at the lowest attalnabie rate, but in no case
shall the interest be at u higher rate than seven
per cent per annum. Such order and estimate
shall be III writing, signed by the chairman and
attested by The clerk and recorded in the drain
age record.
SEC. Il. 1t shall be the duty of the chairman
Of the board of drainage commissioners and the
Clerk and treasurer of the drainage district, to
negotiate all bonds ordered issued AS above pro-
Vlded. They shall negotiate snch bonds il prac-
ticable within such time will make the pro-
ceeds thereof available tor the prompt payment
for the work on account of which the same ara
issued. All such bonds shall be issued il the
name Of The board of drainage commissioners Of
-----c county drainage district in the
State of Minnesota: shall specify that they are
issued in accordance with the provisions and
pursuant to the authority of this act, naming il
by its title and date OF approval. and the num-
Der of the SUBJ drainage district on account OF
which the same are issued, and shall be signed
by the chairman of the board OF drainage COM
missioners and the clerk thereof. Such clerk
shall upon signing said bonds enter in the drain
age record description OF each bond, its num-
Der, date, rate of interest, the time when it is
payable and the number of the sub-drainage
district account OF which il is issued The
treasurer shall on demand pay the interest and
principal of such bonds as the same becomes due
and payable, so far as the funds in his hands for
that purpose shall permit. All assessments
made as herein provided for the payment Of
the principal or interest or both shall be-
used for no other pui pose until such interest
and principal have been paid In full. And such
bonds shall, so long as the same remain unpaid.
be 4 perpetual lien upon the lands subjected to
assessments for benefits under this act in the
drainage district on account OF which such
bonds are issued. And no bond issued under
the provisions of this act shall be negotiated OF
sold for less than it's face par value. Provided,
| That such bonds shall not be construed to con-
stitute lien on any tract or subdivision Of
land TO any greater amount than the amount Of
the benefits assessed again,t such sub division
or tract, pursuant to the provisions of this act.
| SEC Al. Whenever the supervisors of any
drainage district find that anv ditch, drain,
embankment. grade or other work constructed
in this district by order of the drainage commits!
soners requires material enlargement or extern
sion. they shall make report in writing to the
commissioners setting forth the necessity tor
| such extension or enlargement, and i'll general
terms Its extent and character, and il affecting
any lands not already in the subdraiuage districl
q description of such lands and tile names of tha
owners of the same with the rostofiice address
OF each so far as they CAN ascertain the same
Such report when flied with the clerk OF thu
drainage district, shall be treated as a petition
TOR the performance of the work described
therein, and the same proceedings us nearly as
may be shall be had thereon as in cass
l Nf rrn ion Of Nl,--
posed enlargement or extension Is made, EXCEPT
that should the commissioners order the COM
struction of such enlargement or extension such
order shall not create new snb-drainage dis
trict, but instead shall attach the new territory
benefited, II any. to the existing sub-drainagd
district, and shall provide tor separate fund OF
such sub-drainage district from which the cost OF
such enlargement or extension shall be paid.
and for separate assessments therefor ON ths
basis OF the benefits Of such enlargement OF
extension, in case the benefits are found "a
vary from those of the original work of whicR
the new is an enlargement or extension.
SEC Is. majority of the board of drainas.
| commissioners shall be competent 10 perfor1-
any OF the duties required OF them by this act
but all orders made by them shall be only on thu
affirmative vote OF the majority of the whole
board
SEC Al ANY person or persons who shall
willfully and unlawfully ill up, injure or de-
stroy any drain, ditch or embankment con-
structed under the provisions of this act or shall
wtllfully and unlawfully prevent, hinder or DELAY
the construction of any such drain, ditch or
embankment, shall be deemed guilty of a lnisde-
, | nleanOr anu upon cOnVlctlOn Thereon, before any
justice OF the peace other court having iu-s-
diction, shall be punished by fine OF not lsx.
than ten nor more than fifty dollars or by i'm
! ! prisonment in the county Jail, no: more than
ninety days. or both, as the court may de-
ternne.
Sec. 40. Sub-drainage districts extendIuu
into more than one county may be organ izod
whenever this act has been put in operation a.
all OF such counties as provided by section asa
In such case the petition for the formation 81
such sub-drairage district shall be addresses. q
the commissioners of the DRAINAGE district Sc
the county IL which RI r-,aoest mart of tha
lands to be affected are situated and shaH &,
signed by majority of the adult owners OF e
lands situated IN each of said counties and pro-
posed TO be embraced in such sub-drainage dis
trict, and such commissioners of the drainage
district OF the county in which the greatest part
of the lands OF the proposed sub-drainage dstrics
are situated, shall have authority to organiZe
such sub-drainaee district and to exercise con.
troll over 1t TO the same extent and in the sams
manner as In case where the b-drainage dis
trict IS all In one county But copies of all
orders In relation TO such ub-drainage district
shall be filed with the clerk of the drainage dis
trice OF each OF the counties into which it ex-
tends; and in making assessments, the lands In
each county shall be put upon separate rolls and
reported TO the auditor of the respective counties
for collection and payment TO the treasurer Of
the district in which the greatest part of such
sub-district is situated. All appeals suits re-.
latin0 to such sub-drainage district shall be to